Do people at your department lie about academia/industry preference?

Economisteeb2

It seems that many students are choosing academia over industry because the department wants to hear that. I'd be interested to see if those people actually go to industry in the end. What do departments think of this?

I lied about wanting to go into academia while I was in grad school because I knew a decent advisor wouldn't waste their time on me if they knew I wasn't going to be collaborating with them and/or raising their profile upon graduation. I feel like a lot of grad students get pressured into going into academia because they're always surrounded by academics. - Hedge fund bro